Library
Mrs. Bruno Virtual Library
Click here for book check out form and virtual library information!
Renaissance Learning Assessment
Access the RTI assessment through your CLEVER page.
MCAS
Proctors click here to access your dashboard.
Practice Tests for MCAS: Click Here
Community Collaboration
Valley Eye Radio and ELA teacher, Ms. Moore
Click here for details and how to participate! All are welcome and encouraged to share their stories!
Agawam Public Library
Click here for newsletter and to visit their site.
Agawam Public Library
Agawam Public is conducting a survey to get input from teens and tweens about what kinds of services they'd like to see from the public library. I'd love your help spreading the word! Would you be willing to give your input and take the survey?
If they fill out the survey, you can enter a raffle for a $50 Visa gift card. Your input is really valuable as it is a good way to learn about the needs and interests of t(w)eens in our community so they can best serve you.
The flyer that has a QR code for the survey and the link to the survey itself is bit.ly/aplteensurvey.
Evan Delano (they/them)
Youth Services Associate
Agawam Public Library
413-789-1550 ext. 3
Library Lounge
This year the library access is a little different! And we are making it better for you...this year we are offering virtual resources.
Virtual Chill Zone
Can't leave class and come to chill zone but need a brain-break or a little "zone-out" time. Check out our Virtual Chill Zone created by our counselors just for you!
Calming Strategies Toolbox
Feeling big emotions? Browse strategies that match all sorts of moods! Check out the Calming strategies toolbox and handle your emotions in a healthy way. Click here to start your journey!
Class Textbook Links
Found on your CLEVER page
- single sign on platform
Gale Databases - Online Books & Articles
Resources by Subject - access to online Encyclopedias and so much more!!!
Ancient Asia Cross-Team Project
Ancient Asia Studio Activities - use this link to experience Orient arts & culture.
Don't forget to use Resources by Subject link above to access Encyclopedia Britannica School and World History databases.
OPAC-JHS Library
Agawam Public Library
Agawam Public Library Homepage- check out and see what your local library has for you!
Access the Public Library for additional resources using CWMARS
Winter Reading Program - T(w)eens in grades 5-12 can register on our Beanstack site (https://agawamlibrary.beanstack.com/) once the challenge begins on January 8th. The challenge will continue through February 29th. Participants will earn a virtual ticket for every day they read for at least half an hour (they can even count reading they're doing for school assignments!). They can also earn tickets by submitting book reviews. Once they earn a ticket, they can enter it into a raffle for one of three prizes: a Bluetooth speaker, a $25 Java Stop gift card, and a cozy blanket + Ghirardelli hot cocoa set. They can enter all their tickets into the same raffle or split them up. We'll draw names of raffle winners at the end of the program.
Mrs. Bruno's Resources Just For You!
Library of Congress-great website to find primary sources & maps
PBS Media Learning-offers current events videos and more!
IDebate-in depth website to get multiple views on current topics of around the world.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-gives you access to Mass General Laws
CIA World Factbook-this valuable resource provides a wide variety of factual information from world history-maps and world statistics and so much more.
Channel One News- offers a variety of current event videos & activities
Ballotpedia - "encyclopedia" of American Politics
The Learning Studio - Activity Ideas
Check out the links below to get ideas on what to create, make or tinker with! Explore...
STEM Challenge-Build A Box Ball Track
Construct A Spiral Marble Track
Get your facts straight!
The following links will help you figure out fact from fiction! Great way to see if you research information is accurate!
Newspapers & Magazines
Science News for Students-student oriented science news articles.
Cite your work!
It's is important when you research that you give credit to your sources. You can use the following websites that assists you with creating citations in the proper formats. They are easy to use!
Knight Cite -need to type in the info
BibGuru - ad free
BibCitation - ad free
Please see Mrs. Bruno if you would like help with how to create proper citations.
Tech Resources for Learning, Teaching & Creating
Google Arts & Culture - allows you to take virtual field trips around the world! Also many other exhibits and interactive activities to experience!
Storyboard That - "Teachers have told us they need a place to access safe images that are available to be used in the classroom and for educational purposes. Plus, they want accurate image citations. We’ve heard you and created “Photos For Class” to meet your needs for images!"
Age Appropriate Images - All images are appropriate for the school setting, thanks to Pixabay SafeSearch and our proprietary filters - Read More
Automatic Citation - Downloaded images automatically cite the author and the image license terms - Read More
Creative Commons - All photos shown are, to the best of our and Pixabay's knowledge, licensed by Creative Commons for public use
Tips & Tricks for your chromebook -make your life a little easier with the quick and easy tricks.
Create your own word cloud - great way to show off your vocabulary and key concepts!
Free Rice - fun way to practice vocabulary and promoting free ducation while helping world hunger.
Flashcard Machine - for students & teachers to create flashcards to teach good study skills and strategies.
Kids Blog - help improve writing skills in a controlled & safe manner.
Schooltube - An easy way for students to post, view, and share their own videos online, without the risk of inappropriate content.
Teachertube - It's YouTube for educators...
Storybird - create "short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print." Using the images provided by artists and illustrators, students can write and design their own online books working alone or collaboratively with classmates
National Geographic Education - this website a variety of tools and resources to help you plan your lessons.
Test your geography skills - Seterra Geography Games
National Geographic Webpage
Newseum - offers free learning tools on media literacy and our First Amendment freedoms.
Common Sense Media-provides unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology appropriately
Adobe Spark - With Spark you can easily create high quality reports, research papers, posters, writing assignments, presentations and so much more. See some examples and resources below to discover how your classroom creativity can be enhanced.
Doctopus & Goobric - Doctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, monitor student progress, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive
Coggle - This website creates graphic organizers.
Plickers - Quick way to get student feedback or introduce topics.
Socrative- Another great way to gather feedback and assess student knowledge.
Kahoot - Learning Games: create your own and access pre-made activities from the Kahoot Library.
Spider Scribe- Online Mind Mapping and Graphic Organizers.
Educational Games
Learning and Reviewing can be fun!
Funbrain offers a variety of games and online books! Can choose different levels of reading and learning!
FreeRice fun way to practice vocabulary, grammar, geography, math and so much more while promoting free education while helping end world hunger.
Read, Write, Think offers a crossword puzzle builder as well as pre-made crossword puzzles designed for all grade levels K-12.
Sheppard Software test your geography skills. Great fun for all levels-challenge your friends and parents too!
XP Math Test your mental mathematics skills?! Think you can do it?
BBC SkillsWise increase your grammar and spelling skills!
National Geographic Kids always entertaining and you may learn something new!
Vocabulary.Com "The most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary!"
Civics Education
Learn civics in 60 seconds?! Listen to daily podcasts!
Read about current legislative activities!
Watch LIVE House proceedings! And so much more...
Variety of digital resources!